Russian Oil Chief Dies In Fall From 6th Floor Window; Company Blames Death On 'Illness'

Ravil Maganov (right) was the fourth Russian energy official to die suspiciously in recent months. He's seen here with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2019, when Maganov was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky at the Kremlin.
Ravil Maganov (proper) was the fourth Russian vitality official to die suspiciously in latest months. He is seen right here with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2019, when Maganov was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky on the Kremlin.
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Ravil Maganov, the chairman of the board of Lukoil — the second-largest oil firm in Russia — died amid mysterious circumstances Thursday, based on The Day by day Beast.

State-owned information outlet Tass quoted sources that mentioned he fell from a sixth-floor hospital window in Moscow. Tass later added that Maganov took his personal life by leaping, based on the BBC.

Lukoil omitted any point out of a fall in its information launch and mentioned Maganov’s demise on the Central Medical Hospital resulted from underlying well being points he suffered.

“We deeply remorse to announce that Ravil Maganov, Chairman of PJSC LUKOIL Board of Administrators, handed away following a extreme sickness,” Lukoil wrote. “Ravil Maganov immensely contributed to the event of not solely the Firm, however of your complete Russian oil and fuel sector.”

Russian information outlet RIA Novosti reported that the hospital confirmed Maganov’s demise and that authorities have been investigating the matter. Tass cited an unnamed legislation enforcement official claiming Maganov had been hospitalized for a coronary heart assault and was on antidepressants when he died, based on Bloomberg.

Maganov joined Lukoil in 1993 and have become chairman in 2020. His firm notably condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and wrote in a February letter to shareholders that Lukoil helps “the speedy cessation of the armed battle,” based on the Day by day Beast.

The 67-year-old joins a considerable roster of Russian bankers and oil and fuel executives who've died underneath suspicious circumstances this yr. Lukoil’s billionaire ex-manager Alexander Subbotin was discovered lifeless of an obvious coronary heart assault within the dwelling of a shaman in Mytishchi in Might, based on Newsweek. Tass reported that voodoo rituals occurred on the dwelling and that Subbotin was intoxicated when he died.

Leonid Shulman — an government at Russia’s third-largest financial institution, Gazprombank — was discovered lifeless at his Leningrad cottage in January of an obvious suicide, based on the New York Publish.

The subsequent month, former Gazprombank government Alexander Tyulyakov was discovered hanged in his St. Petersburg storage. Former vp of Gazprombank, Vladislav Avayev, was discovered lifeless in April of a gunshot wound subsequent to his spouse and daughter at their Moscow dwelling. Authorities mentioned they suspected the incident was a murder-suicide.

Someday later, Sergei Protosenya — the rich ex-manager of Russia’s second-largest fuel producer, Novatek — was discovered hanged in a Spanish villa. His spouse and daughter have been discovered lifeless with stab wounds. Investigators theorized the incident a murder-suicide as properly.

Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Maganov with the Order of Alexander Nevsky on the Kremlin in 2019, based on EuroNews. Maganov leaves behind a household, together with his brother Nail Ulfatovich Maganov, who's the CEO of Tatneft — a large Russian oil producer.

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